Karim Bourti
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Karim Bourti is a citizen of Algeria
, and former citizen of France
, who was convicted of an association with terrorism.
A French court convicted Karim Bourti of on association with terrorism in 1998.
Karim Bourti is notable for facing long-standing allegations of ties to terrorism.
Time magazine
called Karim Bourti: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad."
According to the article Karim Bourti was: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad."
Time says he is the "main Paris operative for the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
French journalist Mohamed Sifaoui used his renewal of a childhood acquaintanceship with Bourti as his path to a three month undercover investigation into militant jihadism in France, entitled, "Mes Freres Assassins".
According to Sifaoui, Karim Bourti, and confederates, had planned to attack the 1998 World Football Cup
.
Karim Bourti was interrogated about his ties to Richard C. Reid, "the shoe-bomber".
MSNBC
reports that Karim Bourti said:
Karim Bourti was charged with assault after beating a moderate Muslim cleric in an attempt to extort funds from him.
Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Karim Bourti was so influenced by his religious training in Pakistan that he wore Pakistani clothes upon his return to Europe.
The United States State Department reported that Karim Bourti had been stripped of French citizenship in 2006.
and Hervé Djamel Loiseau
, who was found frozen to death in the Afghan
battleground of Tora Bora
.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, and former citizen of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, who was convicted of an association with terrorism.
A French court convicted Karim Bourti of on association with terrorism in 1998.
Karim Bourti is notable for facing long-standing allegations of ties to terrorism.
Time magazine
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
called Karim Bourti: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad."
According to the article Karim Bourti was: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad."
Time says he is the "main Paris operative for the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
French journalist Mohamed Sifaoui used his renewal of a childhood acquaintanceship with Bourti as his path to a three month undercover investigation into militant jihadism in France, entitled, "Mes Freres Assassins".
According to Sifaoui, Karim Bourti, and confederates, had planned to attack the 1998 World Football Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
.
Karim Bourti was interrogated about his ties to Richard C. Reid, "the shoe-bomber".
MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
reports that Karim Bourti said:
Karim Bourti was charged with assault after beating a moderate Muslim cleric in an attempt to extort funds from him.
Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Karim Bourti was so influenced by his religious training in Pakistan that he wore Pakistani clothes upon his return to Europe.
The United States State Department reported that Karim Bourti had been stripped of French citizenship in 2006.
Proteges
Karim Bourti has claimed he recruited former Guantanamo captive Brahim YadelBrahim Yadel
Brahim Yadel is a citizen of France held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 371,...
and Hervé Djamel Loiseau
Hervé Djamel Loiseau
Born March 21, 1973, Hervé Djamel Loiseau was a French soldier who attended Afghan training camps, and was found burnt to death in the aftermath of the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, the first confirmation that Frenchmen had joined the ranks of Osama bin Laden in the wake of the September 11...
, who was found frozen to death in the Afghan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
battleground of Tora Bora
Tora Bora
Tora Bora , known locally as Spīn Ghar , is a cave complex situated in the White Mountains of eastern Afghanistan, in the Pachir Wa Agam District of Nangarhar province, approximately west of the Khyber Pass and north of the border of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan...
.